A Boring Dystopia

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Chick-Fil-A staff in the rain. (lemmy.world)

submitted 10 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Employer provided healthcare started as a benefit during WWII because it was a loophole around wage controls.

https://www.aei.org/carpe-diem/why-is-health-care-expensive-wwii-wage-controls/

[–] [email protected] 3 points 10 months ago

I worded it badly. While it's true that is when the process started, Nixon changed healthcare so that it could be for profit, which it wasn't prior to that, thereby ensuring that healthcare and employment would permanently be tied together